PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

tough questions

Question 31

Do potassium channel activators such as nicorandil have any benefit in

the treatment of a diabetic patient with cardiovascular complications?

Question 32

Is a dosage of 2.5 mg/day of methyltestosterone, as a component in

some multivitamin formulae, safe to give to diabetics or will it make the

diabetes more difficult to control (see also Chapter 5, question 5)?

Question 33

How does diabetes mellitus cause atherosclerosis?

Question 34

How does diabetes cause renal damage, especially diabetic nephropathy

with the presence of microalbuminuria?

Question 35

Type 1 diabetes causes nephropathy in 40% of cases and type 2 causes it

in 20% of cases but the most common cause of nephropathy we see is

type 2, why?

Question 36

Why is intractable vomiting seen in diabetes mellitus and how can it be

managed?

Question 37

Is gabapentin superior to carbamazepine in terms of efficacy in the

treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy? What are its side-effects?

Question 38

Why is diabetic ketoacidosis more common in type 1 diabetes?

Question 39

Why is there abdominal pain in diabetic ketoacidosis?

Question 40

Grades of ketonuria are sometimes mentioned. I have not been able to

locate a detailed description in textbooks and would be grateful if you

could explain the grades of ketonuria or recommend suitable reading

material.